May 3, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 3, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Anesthesiology, anxiety, Arizona, Arizona Horizon, Arizona Republic, Arizona State University, ASU, Austin Daily Herald, Big Group, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Interest Group
April 30, 2013
Is Suicide Screening Effective? Still no Clear Answer
Since adults who die by suicide have often visited their primary care physician within the previous month, could routine screening for suicide by primary care physicians prevent suicides? Unfortunately, “there is not enough evidence to make a definitive recommendation for or against screening,” the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—a volunteer panel of national experts in […]
Tags: depression, Dr. Timothy Lineberry, Psychiatric News, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide screening, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
April 25, 2013
For some the grey winter skies are down-right depressing. “It’s got to be getting everybody in Minnesota down, doesn’t it?” said a Rochester resident. Making it an even tougher year for anyone coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder. “Especially with the weather we’ve had lately, it wouldn’t stun me to know a few extra folks are […]
Tags: Dr. William Bobo, KAAL, seasonal affective disorder, seasonal depression
April 9, 2013
Anxiety? There’s an app for that
The Mayo Clinic is reporting around 2,000 downloads of its Anxiety Coach App, which for $4.99 gives people instructions for managing their fears and a log for recording their anxiety levels when they confront their fears. A Star Tribune story examined the strong relationship in children between the avoidance of fears and the development of severe anxiety. For some […]
Tags: anxiety, Anxiety Coach app, Dr. Stephen Whiteside, pediatric anxiety, Star Tribune
April 5, 2013
Rutgers’ Mike Rice Rage: Bad Behavior or a Mental Disorder?
Psychiatrists say the most extreme form of rage isintermittent explosive disorder, or IED. “It’s somebody who really lacks control and is way over the top,” said Wallin, who did not speculate on why Rice behaved as he did. According to the Mayo Clinic, the disorder, which is listed in the DSM-V, involves repeated episodes of “impulsive, […]
Tags: ABC News, aggressive, IED, impulsive behavior, intermittent explosive disorder, rage, violent behavior
March 29, 2013
Divided Attention: Kids with ADHD can become adults with ADHD and other problems
“In the past, we thought that ADHD was a childhood disease, but we conducted this study because it gradually became clear to the pediatricians and family practice doctors at Mayo Clinic that some proportion of children and adolescents with ADHD might carry the characteristics of the disease into adulthood,” explains Dr. Robert Colligan, psychology professor […]
Tags: ADHD, adulthood, American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago Health, Dr. Robert Colligan, Pediatrics journal
March 22, 2013
Mental Illness Not a Barrier to Weight Loss (Video)
Maintaining a healthy weight among patients with serious mental illness often has been considered a lost cause because many psychotropic medications induce weight gain, according to Michael Jensen, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. But with this study, “our psychiatric care providers can no longer say we can’t possibly prevent weight gain or […]
Tags: Dr. Michael Jensen, healthy weight, MedPage Today, mental illness, psychotropic medications, weight loss
March 21, 2013
Depression Raises Death Risk Among Heart Failure Patients
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic found that people with heart failure who are moderately to severely depressed have a four-fold higher risk of death, compared with people with heart failure who are not depressed…The study shows just how important it is to pay attention to patients’ mental health, as “depression is a key driver of healthcare […]
Tags: Circulation: Heart Failure, depression, Dr. Alanna M. Chamberlain, heart failure patient, Huffington Post, mental health
March 21, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
March 21, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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